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The Beautiful Dead

Reads 251
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Parts 7
Time 57m

Reads 251
Votes 12
Parts 7
Time 57m

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action action-adventure adultthemes adventure bountyhunter fiction gothichorror horror shortstory western

Richard McCarty, an aging gunman, and Pete Hastings, a young naive man longing for adventure and fame, venture out to find a gang of vicious outlaws in the winter of 1850. Alone, with the snow building up and a storm on the horizon, paranoia, guilt and terror bring forth one man's deepest fears during his descent into hell and the cold, brutal wilderness. 
Inspired heavily by Jack London's story To Build A Fire, this is a western story steeped in gothic horror reminiscent of Poe and King that is sure to satisfy fans of western, horror, or adventure stories.All Rights Reserved

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Bones of a Cinder

The story follows a bounty hunter, scarred mentally and physically by his past. His life long goal of revenge towards those that did his life and village wrong now at his fingertips after a few chance encounters. He'll find his way, eventually, through the embers he was created, and past he sought to avenge. Read on as he paves his way to a happy ending, one he hopes will stick for once.